Posted on 07/27/2007 5:35:11 PM PDT by lowbridge
Here are some FR threads that have more detail about his beliefs: Jon Voigt FR Threads
Re 58, Hollywood doesn’t get my time anywhere along the line. Just don’t watch their output in any format.
Do you avoid all movies or just Hollywood movies?
Practically all movies. I went to the one about the Battle of Thermopolie and I think I went to Star Wars I. I don’t watch many TV shows either. I was randomly selected to be a Nielsen rater once and logged only 90 minutes in the week—local news and weather.
I’ve seen precisely two movies at a theater in the last few months, after avoiding them for over a year. If Hollywood starts ramping this crap back up, its back to books for me.
When we are completely taken over....Hollywood will be the ultimate propaganda arm.
#####That’s why I only watch old movies most of the time.#####
Ditto. I got my Film Noir Classic Collection #4 box set from Amazon today. Older movies on average are much better than most of the garbage that comes out today.
Well, there are more movies for me not to go and watch.
I just think it’s a bizarre attitude. Akin to not listening to any music because of Gangster Rap and not reading anything because of select books.
I have been to plays, operas, stage reviews, concerts, athletic events galore, and country music festivals and other events where weirdos don’t try to insult my intellegence or morals, nor pander to outrageous causes in the name of art. I read considerably more than the average person and my choices range from mystery to Shakespeare. I enjoy history and biography. I spent many years as a military officer and still keep up with professional reading in that field. I have read great literature in English, Latin, French and Spanish, but I don’t read garbage in any language nor listen to it nor watch it. IMHO what’s bizarre is a person with a modicum of education or taste who intentionally exposes himself to trash. Life’s too short to spend any of it sifting through garbage for some occasional nugget when there’s a gold mine right at hand.
So you make those distinctions in the other arts but not in cinema? There’s good and bad everywhere. My contention is with people who see a bad movie and assume the medium is inherently bad.
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